Using Key Bindings

Ardour has many available commands for playback control that can be bound to keys. Many of them have default bindings, Some of the most used are found below.

Those keybindings are shown in the corresponding menus. Memorizing at least the most frequently used can be a great time saver.

Space	switch between playback and stop.
Home	Move playhead to session start marker
End	Move playhead to session end marker
→	Playhead to Next Grid
←	Playhead to Previous Grid
0	Move playhead to start of the timeline
space	Start recording
space	Stop and forget capture

An exhaustive list of the default keyboard bindings can be found in the Appendix.